I had set a goal of having Lyndhurst done, ready for moving stuff in, on November 1. As of November 5, I'm declaring victory.
I mean this somewhat in jest, but I did clean out the building this Sunday. In my all-too-typical-sounding boast nowadays, it was transformed...transformed from a garden junk pile to splendid little room. It actually seems that way to me.
It looks like I could lease it out now, although I'm not really done cleaning. I cleared away all the junk on the floor--which was making the whole room nearly impassible--and swept the floor, then did a quick mop on Monday afternoon. The quick mop got the most visible dirt near the door, and made the mop water very dirty, but obviously more mopping needs to be done. And though the walls look clean, I haven't done my cleaning of them at all. The top of the shelves could also be cleaned again, they've gotten dirty from bug grime, even though I already cleaned them in June.
The solar lamps (which had considerable soil dirt on their spikes) got put in a sturdy cardboard box and put into the Oakhurst garden tool shed, along with other garden-related items like string trimmer spools. I put two of the lights up, which added some cheer after the sun went down. The box used was a box (in which I had received an L-1000T tuner from Europe) which had also sat uselessly on the floor for months. Three plastic bins which I had moved out of garage in July got moved up to the big back shelf. There was some loose bug grime and dirt on the back shelf which I brushed off with a towel. This isn't intended to be permanent--I intend to clean the wall behind the back shelf--but it could be semi-permanent for the forseeable future.
I kept on working past dusk on Sunday afternoon, with dusk coming early because of the change back to daylight loosing time (I like daylight saving time so much I'd like to see it year round). I brought out the Mosquito Cognito and unpacked one of 3 refills I bought last month but didn't install. I think I avoided getting any bites, though I was annoyed by some pesky flies or stupified mosquitoes. I eventually quit working around 10pm when I otherwise would have mopped the floor, but I was beginning to worry there really was a mosquito or two after me and my luck might run out.
After re-opening the doors on Monday at 11am, I noticed essentially zero smell, an excellent result for having had the doors closed for 13 hours.
OK, there still is stuff in the room, including the ladder, the halogen lights, and the boxes for the Obelisk (that needs to be assembled). But nothing on the floor looks out-of-place. The room no longer looks like an abandoned junkpile. It's staring to look like the storage room it is intended to be. Victory!
I mean this somewhat in jest, but I did clean out the building this Sunday. In my all-too-typical-sounding boast nowadays, it was transformed...transformed from a garden junk pile to splendid little room. It actually seems that way to me.
It looks like I could lease it out now, although I'm not really done cleaning. I cleared away all the junk on the floor--which was making the whole room nearly impassible--and swept the floor, then did a quick mop on Monday afternoon. The quick mop got the most visible dirt near the door, and made the mop water very dirty, but obviously more mopping needs to be done. And though the walls look clean, I haven't done my cleaning of them at all. The top of the shelves could also be cleaned again, they've gotten dirty from bug grime, even though I already cleaned them in June.
The solar lamps (which had considerable soil dirt on their spikes) got put in a sturdy cardboard box and put into the Oakhurst garden tool shed, along with other garden-related items like string trimmer spools. I put two of the lights up, which added some cheer after the sun went down. The box used was a box (in which I had received an L-1000T tuner from Europe) which had also sat uselessly on the floor for months. Three plastic bins which I had moved out of garage in July got moved up to the big back shelf. There was some loose bug grime and dirt on the back shelf which I brushed off with a towel. This isn't intended to be permanent--I intend to clean the wall behind the back shelf--but it could be semi-permanent for the forseeable future.
I kept on working past dusk on Sunday afternoon, with dusk coming early because of the change back to daylight loosing time (I like daylight saving time so much I'd like to see it year round). I brought out the Mosquito Cognito and unpacked one of 3 refills I bought last month but didn't install. I think I avoided getting any bites, though I was annoyed by some pesky flies or stupified mosquitoes. I eventually quit working around 10pm when I otherwise would have mopped the floor, but I was beginning to worry there really was a mosquito or two after me and my luck might run out.
After re-opening the doors on Monday at 11am, I noticed essentially zero smell, an excellent result for having had the doors closed for 13 hours.
OK, there still is stuff in the room, including the ladder, the halogen lights, and the boxes for the Obelisk (that needs to be assembled). But nothing on the floor looks out-of-place. The room no longer looks like an abandoned junkpile. It's staring to look like the storage room it is intended to be. Victory!
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